Daily Features

World Junior Championships The World Junior Championships concluded last evening in Gaziantep, Turkey.

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– With some agreement on Burnham Too many Guyanese citizens know precious little about their Parliament of Guyana.

– Dani Rodrik, Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University’s John F.

CARIFESTA through the years, a brief glimpse of Burnham’s cultural legacyBy Lloyd F Kandasammy On 24 February 1970 a convention of Caribbean Writers and Artists at the Critchlow Labour College was hosted in Guyana under the chairmanship of the renowned national poet, the honourable Martin Carter, then Minister of Information and Culture.

Marking the first Anniversary of the disappearance of Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine Alissa Trotz is Director of Caribbean Studies at the University of Toronto, and is a member of Red Thread in GuyanaTomorrow, August 12th marks the first anniversary of the disappearance of human rights activist Lovinsky Pierre-Antoine, Haitian political activist kidnapped for his active and tireless commitment to a democratic and sovereign Haiti.

No music on buses Photos and interviews by Shabna Ullah Music has been banned from public transportation by a law recently passed in Parliament.

Brassington confirms QA II rent at $12 -17 million annually Introduction Contradicting several earlier statements about the rent the Government would be getting from the lease of 20 acres of land to Queens Atlantic Investment Inc.

Morozevich v Polgar The 2008 Chess Classic took place a week ago at Mainz, Germany, with world champion Vishy Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Judit Polgar and Alexander Morozevich in attendance.

Artificially acquired immunity – (Continued)Passive immunity You may recall that last week we spoke of active immunity which was produced by inoculating an animal with dead or weakened germs.

Cholesterol: The ‘greasy’ truth uncoveredBy Dr Amrish Kamboj (Consultant Pathologist) It is important for everyone to know the facts about cholesterol to reduce the risk for a heart attack or stroke.

Commotion in the wings Wayne Brown is a well-known Trinidadian writer and columnist who now resides in Jamaica.

No single event so signified the vulnerability of the small states of the Caribbean as the catastrophe wrought by Hurricane Ivan on the island of Grenada in September 2004.

A larger police force will be needed with the passage of the Prevention of Crimes (Amendment) Bill The headline ‘Life supervision for paedophiles’ would have sent some consumers to their dictionaries to ascertain the exact meaning of the word ‘paedophile.’

Regulating or manipulating agricultural trade: The shoddy practice of non-tariff barriers A central proposition of this analysis of rapidly rising food prices globally, is that the only long-term sustainable solution to this is the reconstitution of global trade along lines that allow for comparative and competitive advantages to be the main determinants of what and which countries export food products.

‘One people’ Wan one tree so many leaves one tree one river so many creeks all are going to one sea one head so many thoughts thoughts among which one good one must be one God so many ways of worshipping but one Father one Suriname so many hair types so many skin colours so many tongues one people Robin DobruTo be described as Janus-faced is no compliment.

In an article reviewing Kasia Boddy’s book Boxing: A Cultural History the American writer Joyce Carol Oates quotes from that dark, unsettling philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche: “Every talent must unfold itself in fighting.”